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The large bus-stop sign asks the same question Richie Villegas' family has wanted answered for four years: "Do you know who murdered me?" At the covered bus stop on Pershing Avenue in east Orlando, Jacqueline Hernandez can't separate the pain from the contentment she feels at seeing the first of five signs Crimeline will place in the neighborhood where her 19-year-old was gunned down and buried in 2008. Although Villegas' case has gone cold, family members said they know someone in the community can help solve it. "This is a good thing.

Crimeline officials said they did not meet their goal of raising nearly $50,000 during the weekend but are pleased at having collected more donations than during any previous fund-raising event.Although an exact count of donations received during the third annual ''Crimeline Mile'' at Florida Mall may take several days, Orlando police Officer Jim Bishop, who oversees administrative duties for the non-profit organization, is hopeful donations will be about $40,000.Bishop said some donations still are being sent to Crimeline, which had set a goal of $47,520, or 3 miles of quarters.

Wrong number Crime may pay, but Crimeline doesn't always. Ask Mike Schillmoeller. The 22-year-old Cocoa man expected to cash in last week after spotting a suspect in a spate of bomb threats. He reflexively phoned 911 first. He called the Crimeline tip line 20 minutes later. That interlude cost him his anonymity, his tipster status — and a $5,000 reward. Crimeline's decision to stiff Mr. Schillmoeller on a technicality understandably soured him on ever getting involved again.

Central Florida Crimeline raised about $15,500 during its latest fund- raising project, about $16,180 shy of what it expected and $500 short of last year's drive.''I'm disappointed that we didn't come close to our goal, but I still believe it was a success because we received about the same amount as last year's project,'' said Jim Bishop, an Orlando police officer who oversees the non-profit organization.Bishop said the agency continued Friday to receive mail-in donations from this year's fund-raiser.

LEESBURG -- The Police Department has been honored for its participation in the CrimeLine program. The department earned the Outstanding Police Participation award for using the tips line, which helped lead to arrests in four cases during the past year. A tip called into CrimeLine helped detectives find Phillip Joe Jackson, 37, who was charged with the fatal beating of Irvin Null, 94.

Participants are asked to register no later than today for the Crimeline Golf Classic at Hunter's Creek golf course. Proceeds go to Central Florida Crimeline, which offers rewards of up to $1,000 for tips leading to arrests in unsolved crimes.The four-man scramble tourney will be Oct. 12 at Hunter's Creek southwest of Orlando. Fees are $95 per player, or $70 each with a foursome. Various prizes will be awarded. For information, call Hank Halbert, Crimeline executive director, 896-6584.

Collecting three miles of quarters is the goal of this year's major fund- raiser for Crimeline, a non-profit organization that shows re-enactments of crimes and offers cash rewards for information leading to a conviction.Officials hope to collect $47,520 in donations during the third annual Crimeline Mile fund-raising project, which will be held June 27 to 29 at Florida Mall on Sand Lake Road and South Orange Blossom Trail, said Orlando police Officer Jim Bishop, staff administrator of Crimeline.

Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary today will sponsor a barbecue to benefit law enforcement's Crimeline program.The event will be at the Central Florida Fairgrounds on West Colonial Drive. Plates will go for $5 a person.Other sponsors include police departments in Orlando, Winter Park, Maitland, Edgewood, Eatonville, Winter Garden, Ocoee, Apopka, Windermere, Oakland and the University of Central Florida.

Crimeline officials are hoping to collect nearly $50,000 in a fund- raising event this weekend.The third annual ''Crimeline Mile'' will be Friday through Sunday at Florida Mall. Jim Bishop, an Orlando police officer who oversees Crimeline, said the goal is to raise $47,500 or 3 miles of quarters. Last year the event raised $35,000 or 2 miles of quarters.In past years a tape has been stretched throughout the mall and people were asked to donate quarters to make a chain of coins.This year the money will be collected by what Bishop said is the world's largest talking computer.

Crimeline of Central Florida helped solve 106 felonies in fiscal 1985, one more than the number of cases cleared the previous year, Crimeline directors say.Callers to the non-profit organization also were responsible for the recovery of more than $88,000 in stolen property, officials said at Crimeline's annual meeting on Thursday.Crimeline uses televised re-enactments and radio announcements to publicize unsolved crimes in seven Central Florida counties. The agency began in July 1977.People who think they know something about a crime are asked to call 849-2482.